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Monday, March 29, 2010

Men at work....

Yes, men at work, not the group, but actually men giving this barn a face lift. When they finish, it is going to look fantastic...but has it lost something in covering the wood? I understand why they do it...yet I hate seeing it done. I am just glad I was not required to do the roofing...it would not have gotten done.Notice the angled cuts...whoever is doing them is doing an expert job! And the pieces are so wide they were not being done with a chop saw. But maybe they made a jig...I know in doing some things that have to be done over and over, my husband has made his own jig, or tool, to get the cuts and/or measurements the same.

Maybe in a week or two, I can go back up through there and take a photo of the finished barn. I plan to post another photo from this farm on Time Stand Still.

15 comments:

It's GREAT to see a barn being renovated, actually. I like the metal roofs, which are said to last at least 50 years. Yes, I DO like the wooden siding better, but a lot of those are tumbling here. At least this barn has a good future!

This is a hopeful sign in the days of withering family farms! I guess a barn is like a house - some forms of siding last much longer and are much easier to care for than wood...doesn't look the same, though, as you suggest.

I like to see it truly renovated - keeping the wood. But, I do know this will last a lot longer and it appears they are at least keeping the original intregrity of the barn which is nice.Would love to see it completed.